Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Disney Animated Movies Reading Challenge

A new one to me at Shelf Reflection.  I will complete as many categories as possible.




         Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)

  1. A book with a character whose name is a color: Check & Mate--Ali Hazelwood

    A book with an apple on the cover: Apple: Skin to the Core--Eric Gansworth

    Advanced: A book published in 1937 (the year the original movie came out)


  2. Pinocchio (1940)

    A book with ‘lie’ in the title: White Lies--Jayne Ann Krentz

    A book with a star on the cover

    Advanced: A book about trafficking


  3. Fantasia (1940)

    A book with magic: Briarheart--Mercedes Lackey

    A book with a purple cover: XOXO--Axie Oh

    Advanced: A graphic novel: Lumberjanes--Out of Time--Noelle Stevenson


  4. Bambi (1942)

    A book that takes place in the woods: Sugar and Spice--Sarah Mlynowski

    A book about an orphan

    Advanced: A book with a John or Jane Doe


  5. Cinderella (1950)

    A book with a shoe on the cover: Bluebeard--Kurt Vonnegut

    A book with talking animals

    Advanced: A book with an evil stepmother


  6. Alice in Wonderland (1951)

    A book with a heart on the cover

    A book about time travel: Can I Get There by Candlelight?--Jean Slaughter Doty

    Advanced: A book with a tea party


  7. Peter Pan (1953)

    A book with pirates: Pirate Passover--Judy Press

    A book where a main character is a child

    Advanced: A book about lost boys


  8. Lady and the Tramp (1955)

    A book with a forbidden romance

    A book with ‘lady’ in the title

    Advanced: A book with ‘darling’ in the title (Lady’s family was the Darlings): Temptation's Darling--Johanna Lindsey


  9. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

    A book with a curse: Never Cry Werewolf--Heather Davis

    A book with a dragon: Briarheart--Mercedes Lackey

    Advanced: A book that takes place in January (the month the movie was released)


  10. 101 Dalmatians (1961)

    A book with a black and white cover: Prometheus Bound--Aeschylus

    A book where the ‘villain’ is a woman

    Advanced: A book with exactly 101 pages


  11. The Sword in the Stone (1963)

    A historical fiction novel: Mystique--Amanda Quick

    A book with a knife or a sword on the cover:

    Advanced: A book with a character who can see the future


  12. Mary Poppins (1964)

    A book with a nanny

    A book set in London: Scandal--Amanda Quick

    Advanced: A book that takes place during the first ten years of the 20th century (the movie happens in 1910)


  13. Aristocats (1970)

    A book with a cat: The Cat Who Saved Books--Sosuke Natsukawa

    A book about social class differences

    Advanced: A book by an author with the initials TO or TM (for Thomas O’Malley)


  14. Robin Hood (1973)

    A book with a heist: Read and Gone--Allison Brook

    A book with an arrow on the cover

    Advanced: A book written by an author who sponsors a charity


  15. The Rescuers (1977)

    A book that is the first in a series (this was the first Disney animated feature to get a sequel): It Ends With Us--Colleen Hoover

    A book about a special gem or diamond

    Advanced: A book set in the bayou


  16. The Little Mermaid (1989)

    A book with a character who has red hair: Queen of the Sea--Dylan Meconis

    A book with a character who is stuck in a small town

    Advanced: A book with a character who can’t speak


  17. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

    An enemies to lovers book: The Spanish Love Deception--Elena Armas

    A book about books: The Book of Second Chances--Katherine Slee

    Advanced: A book with a character trapped in a house


  18. Aladdin (1992)

    A book with a yellow cover (jasmine is yellow): Lifting as We Climb--Evette Dionne

    A book that takes place in India

    Advanced: A book about a Sikh


  19. The Lion King (1994)

    A book set in Africa: The Girl From the Train--Irma Joubert

    A book with a character who has a prominent scar

    Advanced: A book with an evil uncle


  20. A Goofy Movie (1995)

    A funny book

    A book with a road trip: Love is an Ex-Country--Randa Jarrar

    Advanced: A book about a father/son relationship


  21. Pocahontas (1995)

    A book by an author named John

    A book about nature: Into the Wild--Jon Krakauer

    Advanced: A book written by an author with Native American heritage


  22. Toy Story (1995)

    A novella (because it’s a small story….): Home--Toni Morrison

    A book with ‘friend’ in the title

    Advanced: A book with a cowboy


  23. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

    A book with a character with a disability

    A book with a clock on the cover

    Advanced: A book written by an author with a disability: Rolling Warrior--Judith Heumann


  24. Mulan (1998)

    A book set in China.

    A non-fiction book about gender: Women Who Dared--Linda Skeers

    Advanced: A book set in ancient China.


  25. Tarzan (1999)

    A book with a character named Jane: Young Jane Young--Gabrielle Zevin

    A book about a teacher

    Advanced: A book about a kid who was raised by something/someone unexpected


  26. Emperor’s New Groove (2000)

    A book with a king, queen, or emperor: Red Queen--Victoria Aveyard

    A book with a building project

    Advanced: A book set in Peru (cuz llamas…)


  27. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

    A book with ‘lost’ in the title

    A book with an exploration: The Painted Queen--Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess

    Advanced: A book set in Atlanta


  28. Monsters, Inc (2001)

    A book about a kidnapping

    A book with a door on the cover: The Magnolia Palace--Fiona Davis

    Advanced: A book with someone screaming or laughing on the front


  29. Lilo & Stitch (2002)

    A book set in Hawaii

    A book with ‘family’ in the title

    Advanced: A modern day story with a creature from space: This is How You Lose the Time War--Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone


  30. Spirited Away (2002)

    A book with supernatural elements: The Scent Keeper--Erica Bauermeister

    A book by a Japanese author: With a Dog AND Cat, Every Day is Fun, Volume 1--Hidekichi Matsumoto

    Advanced: A book with a tunnel


  31. Treasure Planet (2002)

    A book with a hunt for treasure/money/an inheritance: The Clue of the Gold Coin--Helen Wells

    A book set in space: Space Walks--Dana Meachen Rau

    Advanced: A book about linguistics: Berlitz German


  32. Finding Nemo (2003)

    A book by an Australian author: The Forgotten Garden--Kate Morton

    A book about memory

    Advanced: A book with a dentist


  33. The Incredibles (2004)

    A book with a character with a secret identity: Yellowface--R.F. Kuang

    A book where the whole world is in danger

    Advanced: A middle grade book with a super hero


  34. Chicken Little (2005)

    A book where the main character is telling the truth but no one believes them

    A dystopian novel: Remote Control--Nnedi Okorafor

    Advanced: A book with a character who wears glasses: The Fabulous Zed Watson!--Basil Sylvester


  35. Cars (2006)

    A book with a car on the cover: Bunkie Spills--Bradley K. Rosen

    A book about a celebrity (can be fiction or nonfiction): Paris: The Memoir--Paris Hilton

    Advanced: A book with a road sign on the cover


  36. Ratatouille (2007)

    A book about food:

    A book set in Paris: The Paris Apartment--Lucy Foley

    Advanced: A Parisian cookbook


  37. Wall-E (2008)

    A book with Artificial Intelligence

    A book with a green cover (cuz recycling…): Garden Spells--Sarah Addison Allen

    Advanced: A book with no dialogue: Look Book--Tana Hoban


  38. Up (2009)

    A book with a septuagenarian main character: Something Wicked--E.X. Ferrars

    A book with ‘up’ in the title

    Advanced: A book written by an author at least 70 years wise


  39. The Princess and the Frog (2009)

    A book set in the Jim Crow era

    A book with an entrepreneurial female character: Life is Sweet--Elizabeth Bass

    Advanced: A book about a restaurant owner: Vanity Fare--Megan Caldwell


  40. Tangled (2010)

    A book with an escape

    A book with ‘light’ in the title: By the Light of the Study Lamp--Carolyn Keene

    Advanced: A book published on or around the summer solstice (Rapunzel’s probable birthday)


  41. Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

    A book based on a play

    A book about a neighbor: Where'd You Go, Bernadette--Maria Semple (reread)

    Advanced: A retelling of Romeo and Juliet


  42. Brave (2012)

    A book set in Scotland: A Kind of Spark--Elle McNicoll

    A book with an arranged marriage: Picture Bride--Yoshiko Uchida

    Advanced: A book where the main character turns into someone or something else


  43. Wreck-It-Ralph (2012)

    A book about a video game or VR: My Video Game Ate My Homework--Dustin Hansen

    A book with candy on the cover:

    Advanced: A book only sold in a digital format


  44. Frozen (2013)

    A book with snow: The Snow Child--Eowyn Ivey

    A book about sisters: Sisters First--Jenna Bush Hager

    Advanced: A book based on Scandinavian lore


  45. Big Hero 6 (2014)

    A book about technology: Broad Band--Claire L. Evans

    A book with a number in the title: Five Survive--Holly Jackson

    Advanced: A book with ‘hero’ in the title: Celebrity Superhero--Jennie Bennett


  46. Inside Out (2015)

    A book that makes you cry (or would if you did that kind of thing…): The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry--Rachel Joyce

    A book where the main character just moved to a new city: The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez--Adrianna Cuevas

    Advanced: A nonfiction book about emotions


  47. The Good Dinosaur (2015)

    A book with a disappearance: Countdown--Deborah Wiles

    A book about a character overcoming a fear

    Advanced: A book that explores ‘what if’ a historical event never happened


  48. Zootopia (2016)

    A book that starts with the letter ‘Z’: Zillah & Me--Helen Dunmore

    A book with a main character who is a police officer or detective: Evil Eclairs--Jessica Beck

    Advanced: A book that will take you a long time to read; over 500 pages (cuz the Sloth…): The Fiery Cross--Diana Gabaldon


  49. Moana (2016)

    A book set on a boat

    A book about a native people: Killers of the Flower Moon--David Grann

    Advanced: A book with a five-letter title: Angel--Johanna Lindsey


  50. Coco (2017)

    A book set around Halloween: Horrible Harry at Halloween--Suzy Kline

    A book with a musician: The Music Shop--Rachel Joyce

    Advanced: A book containing multiple languages: Bilingual Fairy Tales Rapunzel--Blackwell Burke


  51. Onward (2020)

    A book about brothers

    A book with a direction in the title (i.e. onward, forward, backward, right, left, etc): All That's Left in the World--Erik J. Brown

    Advanced: A book with pants on the cover


  52. Soul (2020)

    A book written by a Black author: Behold the Dreamers--Imbolo Mbue

    A book about finding purpose in your life

    Advanced: A book about jazz


  53. Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

    A book with mythical creatures: Tess of the Road--Rachel Hartman

    A book with ‘the last’ in the title

    Advanced: A book with warring factions


  54. Encanto (2021)

    A book written by a Latinx author: The House in the Pines--Ana Reyes

    A book where a house has powers: Piranesi--Susanna Clarke

    Advanced: A book translated from Spanish


  55. Luca (2021)

    A book set on a coast: Summer on Sag Harbor--Sunny Hostin

    A book with a competition

    Advanced: A book about a fisherman

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